[video_player] wrong duration

[abdelaziz-mahdy]

when playing a ts file i get duration of 0:00:00.001000
while the correct duration is 0:22:46.309000

so i tried to workaround that problem with using java MediaMetadataRetriever which gave me the correct duration

my problem right now that whenever i call seek function i cant seek due to video player controller having wrong duration

and i did try to overRide it this way _videoPlayerController!.value=_videoPlayerController!.value.copyWith(duration: _duration.value);
but i didnt work too

when i seek this is the log

D/CCodecBuffers(13776): [c2.android.aac.decoder#941:1D-Output.Impl[N]] Client returned a buffer it does not own according to our record: 0
D/CCodecBuffers(13776): [c2.android.aac.decoder#941:1D-Output.Impl[N]] Client returned a buffer it does not own according to our record: 1
I/CCodecConfig(13776): query failed after returning 19 values (BAD_INDEX)
D/CCodecConfig(13776): c2 config diff is   c2::i32 coding.drc.compression-mode.value = 3
W/Codec2Client(13776): query -- param skipped: index = 1342179345.
W/Codec2Client(13776): query -- param skipped: index = 2415921170.
W/Codec2Client(13776): query -- param skipped: index = 1610614798.
D/CCodecBuffers(13776): [c2.android.aac.decoder#941:Output[N]] popFromStashAndRegister: output format changed to AMessage(what = 0x00000000) = {
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-album-mode = 0
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-boost-level = 127
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-cut-level = 127
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-effect-type = 3
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-heavy-compression = 3
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-output-loudness = -1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-encoded-target-level = -1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-max-output-channel_count = 8
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-target-ref-level = 64
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t channel-count = 2
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   string mime = "audio/raw"
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t sample-rate = 44100
D/CCodecBuffers(13776): }
D/CCodecConfig(13776): c2 config diff is   c2::i32 coding.drc.compression-mode.value = 1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776): [c2.android.aac.decoder#941:Output[N]] popFromStashAndRegister: output format changed to AMessage(what = 0x00000000) = {
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-album-mode = 0
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-boost-level = 127
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-cut-level = 127
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-effect-type = 3
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-heavy-compression = 1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-drc-output-loudness = -1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-encoded-target-level = -1
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-max-output-channel_count = 8
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t aac-target-ref-level = 64
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t channel-count = 2
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   string mime = "audio/raw"
D/CCodecBuffers(13776):   int32_t sample-rate = 44100
D/CCodecBuffers(13776): }
D/AudioTrack(13776): getTimestamp_l(226): device stall time corrected using current time 144288633947000

my idea of the soultions

1- video player can use same methods in MediaMetadataRetriever to get correct duration

2-being able to overrride the duration in videoplayercontroller to make the rest functions work

[abdelaziz-mahdy]

This is where you should go https://github.com/flutter/plugins/issues

Please read instructions before opening an issue

its written in the https://github.com/flutter/plugins/

[darshankawar]

when playing a ts file

Are you referring to MPEG-TS file ?
If so, can you provide the complete file along with flutter doctor -v and complete minimal reproducible code sample that shows the issue you are reporting ?

[abdelaziz-mahdy]

when playing a ts file

Are you referring to MPEG-TS file ? If so, can you provide the complete file along with flutter doctor -v and complete minimal reproducible code sample that shows the issue you are reporting ?

yes its is MPEG-TS

and the problem is related to exo player google/ExoPlayer#5097

i will try to upload the file

doctor -v

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[abdelaziz-mahdy]

and sadly i can't provide code
but the problem exists in the video player controller.file
if the same video got played from the original m3u8 link it works correctly

i did check everything about meta data of the file and cant find the problem if it its in the meta data of the file

[abdelaziz-mahdy]

the problem was a bad media file

and the fix i did was using FFmpegKit to convert the .ts video to .mkv
FFmpegKit

this code manges to convert ts files to mkv and check if both files exists then the converting was not compelete so the code will try it again

  Completer converting = Completer();
    String filePath=join("workingDirectory", "test.ts");
    String filePathMKV=join("workingDirectory", "test.ts"+".mkv");

  if(filePath.endsWith(".ts") ){
    File tsFile=File(filePath);
    File mkvFile=File(filePathMKV);
    if(await tsFile.exists()){
      if(await mkvFile.exists()){
        await mkvFile.delete();
      }
    if(Platform.isAndroid){
    bool gettingDuration=false;
    int totalVideoDuration = 0;
    await FFmpegKit.executeAsync('-i "${tsFile.path}" -map 0 -c copy "${mkvFile.path}"', (Session session) async {
      final returnCode = await session.getReturnCode();

      if (ReturnCode.isSuccess(returnCode)) {
        print("CONVERTED");
        tsFile.delete();
        filePath=filePathMKV;
        converting.complete();
        // SUCCESS

      } else if (ReturnCode.isCancel(returnCode)) {

        // CANCEL

      } else {

        // ERROR

      }
      // CALLED WHEN SESSION IS EXECUTED

    }, (Log log) {
      print(log);
      if(gettingDuration){
        String test = log.getMessage();
        String hr = test.split(":")[0];
        String minutes = test.split(":")[1];
        String seconds = test.split(":")[2].split(".")[0];
        String milliseconds = test.split(":")[2].split(".")[1];
        Duration duration = Duration(
            hours: int.tryParse(hr) ?? 0,
            minutes: int.tryParse(minutes) ?? 0,
            seconds: int.tryParse(seconds) ?? 0,
            milliseconds: int.tryParse(milliseconds) ?? 0);
        totalVideoDuration=duration.inMilliseconds;
        print("setting total video duration with message ${log.getMessage()} and value ${totalVideoDuration}");
        gettingDuration=false;
      }
      if(log.getMessage().contains("Duration:")){
        gettingDuration=true;
      }

      print(log.getMessage());

      // CALLED WHEN SESSION PRINTS LOGS

    }, (Statistics statistics) {
double precentage=statistics.getTime()/totalVideoDuration;


    });
    }
    if(Platform.isWindows){
      String command = 'ffmpeg -i "${basename(tsFile.path)}" -map 0 -c copy "${basename(mkvFile.path)}"';
      try{
      String outPut = (await Shell(workingDirectory: "workingDirectory" ).run(command)).first.outText;
      print("outPut ${outPut}");
      print("CONVERTED");
      tsFile.delete();
      filePath=filePathMKV;
      converting.complete();
      }catch(_){
        print("failed to convert file");
        converting.complete();
      }
    }
    }else{
      if(await mkvFile.exists()){
        print("mkv found");
        filePath=filePathMKV;
        converting.complete();
      }
    }
  }else{
    converting.complete();
  }
  await converting.future;
  print(filePath);

then pass the filePath to your video player controller

[darshankawar]

@zezo357
Does that mean the issue is resolved ?

[abdelaziz-mahdy]

@zezo357 Does that mean the issue is resolved ?

yes for me

and i left the code incase someone in the future had the same problem

thanks